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Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.
~perfection sayings by Harriet Braiker
Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny.
~inspirational sayings about Perfection quotes by Carl Schurz, address, Faneuil Hall, Boston, 1859
History balances the frustration of how far we have to go with the satisfaction of how far we have come. It teaches us tolerance for the human shortcomings and imperfections which are not uniquely of our generation, but of all time.
~perfection quotes by Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.
~famous quotes about Perfection by Confucius, Analects
Like every good man, I strive for perfection, and, like every ordinary man, I have found that perfection is out of reach - but not the perfect suit.
~perfection sayings by Edward Tivnan
It would not be at all strange if history came to the conclusion that the perfection of the bicycle was the greatest incident of the nineteenth century.
~perfection sayings by Author Unknown
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
~inspirational sayings about Perfection quotes by William Shakespeare, King Lear, 1605
Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.
~perfection quotes by William Safire
Nothing that is complete breathes.
~famous quotes about Perfection by Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
He who hath not a dram of folly in his mixture hath pounds of much worse matter in his composition.
~perfection sayings by Charles Lamb
The most difficult part of attaining perfection is finding something to do for an encore.
~perfection sayings by Author Unknown
I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.
~inspirational sayings about Perfection quotes by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Player Piano
Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection.
~perfection quotes by Red Smith
Tough and funny and a little bit kind: that is as near to perfection as a human being can be.
~famous quotes about Wise Words by Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966
Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.
~perfection sayings by Goethe
A man finds room in the few square inches of his face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his history, and his wants.
~perfection sayings by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Conduct of Life
Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.
~good sayings about Luck by R.E. Shay
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
~perfection quotes by Abraham Lincoln
The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
~motivational quotes about Justice sayings by Frank Zappa
There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.
~perfection sayings by Thomas W. Higginson
Comfort, or revelation: God owes us one of these, but surely not both.
~perfection sayings by Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
I've spent most of my life golfing... the rest I've just wasted.
~good sayings about Golf by Author Unknown
A history in which every particular incident may be true may on the whole be false.
~perfection quotes by Thomas Babington Macaulay
Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter.
~motivational quotes about Photography sayings by Ansel Adams
Vision without action is a daydream. Action with without vision is a nightmare.
~perfection sayings by Japanese Proverb
The mind I love must have wild places, a tangled orchard where dark damsons drop in the heavy grass, an overgrown little wood, the chance of a snake or two, a pool that nobody's fathomed the depth of, and paths threaded with flowers planted by the mind.
~perfection sayings by Katherine Mansfield
Where did you come from, baby dear?Out of the Everywhere and into here.
~good sayings about Baby by George MacDonald
Never wait for proper mood to start a thing nor until the spirit moves you. Make your own mood, Move your own spirit.
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One's real life is often the life that one does not lead.
~motivational quotes about Being Yourself sayings by Oscar Wilde, L'Envoi to Rose-leaf and Apple-leaf, 1882
Ultimately, aren't we all just talking monkeys with an attitude problem?
~perfection sayings by Uncle Ben, as seen on Quotes 'R' Us
Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball.
~perfection sayings by Jim Murray
If history were a photograph of the past it would be flat and uninspiring. Happily, it is a painting; and, like all works of art, it fails of the highest truth unless imagination and ideas are mixed with the paints.
~good sayings about History by Allen Nevins
The hypothalamus is one of the most important parts of the brain, involved in many kinds of motivation, among other functions. The hypothalamus controls the Four F's: fighting, fleeing, feeding, and mating.
~perfection quotes by Unknown psychology professor in neuropsychology course
Watch a man in times of... adversity to discover what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off
~motivational quotes about Adversity sayings by Lucretius, On the Nature of Things
[T]he American is a gentle guy; but don't pressure him; if you do he turns toad and squirts poison.
~perfection sayings by Martin H. Fischer
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